Dressing our wounds in warm clothes : Ward's Island energy trance mission

Name/Title

Dressing our wounds in warm clothes : Ward's Island energy trance mission

Entry/Object ID

N9500.H45.D7

Description

In 1980, Urban Shaman Donna Henes conducted a three-week ritual healing residency with the patients and staff at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center at the invitation of the medical director. Her diary documents the process of this extraordinary project. Her notes and musings explore the realms of sanity, insanity, creativity, and spirituality as they are perceived and handled in many cultures.

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

art--psychological aspects, artists' books, conceptual art, sculpture, women artists

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Artists' book

Book Details

Author

Donna Henes, Sarah Jenkins

Publisher

Astro Artz

Place Published

City

Los Angeles, CA

Date Published

1982

Call No.

N9500.H45.D7

ISBN

937122025, 9780937122020

LCCN

81065197

Notes

Length: 72

General Notes

Note

Offset printed artists' book documenting an installation by Donna Henes with photographs by Sarah Jenkins.